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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]karen - yes bipoc unlike whites.

BIPOC are disproportionally poor or low paid.  They don't have short term disability, sick leave. They live in a world of if I don't work I don't eat. They figured out how to have this person watch kids and do DL while they work; they live in smaller homes and can't isolate like you. They can't order Whole Food delivery unlike you. They take a bus or several to get their kid to school - forget WMATA isn't running like normal  so that means getting up even earlier to get kids to a masked school.

don't tell me you believe bipoc people don't love their kids[/quote]

DP.  Of course they love their kids. They also have an easier time with DL because there are either family members home to assist with DL or because they have family members close by to assist with DL. Let me ask you this.  Is having kids go to school, distanced, masked, cohorted with hand washing and other mitigation measures in place creating more for of risk for auntie or grandma than having parents working outside of the home and having a schedule where the cousins, each of whom have parents who work in higher risk public facing positions, go to each other's or grandmother's house for DL during the day? Because the reality is that going to school may not increase the risk to those communities and in some cases, it might actually reduce risk. The greatest risk comes from unmasked encounters, which is why low wage workers with public facing jobs who live in multigenerational households are at the greatest risk. The parents' jobs create risk and not masked and distanced school. The family structure provides the support but it also increases risk. [/quote]

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